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Since this column in some ways takes the place of the usual class reports it seems fitting to record here the exact words with which John Eliot Allen, Chief Justice of the New Hampshire Supreme Court, was made Doctor of Laws at the last Commencement.

When today we greet you in this official ceremony as a welcome guest, we recall pleasant days of the past when as a member of Dartmouth's faculty you were a familiar figure about this campus. Honor here, as elsewhere among those with whom you have dwelt, has always been your portion. New Hampshire born and bred, the quiet course of your career has been illustrative of that devotion to the orderly conduct of affairs in your home community and in your native state which is the bedrock of democracy. For the pervasiveness of your influence and for the consequence of services rendered, this state owes you much. Four decades and a half ago, you were admitted to the New Hampshire bar and began your practice in Keene. Successively you have served as Judge of Probate, Associate Justice of the Superior Court, and Associate Justice of the Supreme Court. Now for eight years as Chief Justice of that high court, you have protected and maintained the high standards and the outstanding prestige of that position and commanded respect for yourself and for your works at home and abroad. I confer upon you the honorary degree of Doctor of Laws.

The Secretary has seen Dr. Allen since the degree was awarded, and it is unnecessary to say that he is carrying this new honor with due modesty. Indeed, modesty and quiet effectiveness are his two distinguishing characteristics.

The Boston Herald of August 31 announced that Sherman E. Burroughs had been promoted from Lieutenant-Commander to Commander (temporary) in the United States Navy. His father was a member of Congress during World War I.

A letter from William Gibbon, "Dealer in Hercules Petroleum Products," says that his son Quincy is employed as a radio inspector for the government in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

The Matt Jones Fall Round-Up will be held on the eve of the Harvard game, that is, Friday evening, October 16. Further particulars will go by mail.

Secretary, 14 Beacon St., Boston, Mass. Treasurer, WII.UAM M. AMES Somerworth, N. H.